Clinical Fellow in Cardiac Surgery
Accepting applications until: 22-Oct-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 22-Oct-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Royal Brompton Hospital
- Cyfeiriad
- Sydney St
- Tref
- London
- Cod post
- SW3 6NP
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (Six month initial with a view to extend to 12 months)
- Oriau
- Full time - 40 hours per week
Salary
- Cyflog
- £65,048 per annum
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (Nodal Point 4)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Cardiac Surgery
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
Royal Brompton Hospital
Clinical Fellow (REG) in Cardiac Surgery
Fixed Term - 6 Months (possible extension of up to 23 months)
Available From - Dec 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the cardiothoracic department at the Royal Brompton Hospital. This post is suitable for individuals wishing to pursue a career in Cardiothoracic Surgery or someone who simply wishes to increase their experience of surgery in general. The job will provide excellent exposure for those planning to apply for national selection for speciality training in cardiothoracic surgery.
Although this is not an approved training position, you will be assigned a named educational supervisor who will work with you to construct an individual training plan. This will include regular appraisal and the opportunity to participate in audit and research activities within the department.
If successful, you will be joining a dynamic team with an international reputation in adult cardiac and thoracic surgery. The posts are available for 6 months in the first instance, extendable by mutual agreement up to a maximum period of 24 months.
Applicants must have MBBS or equivalent and be fully registered with the GMC.
The successful candidate will be part of a 8 person rota which does not include night shifts.
This post may close early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.
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- To acquaint him/herself with details of patient management in discussion with the consultants and ensure their efficient execution.
- To ensure that good communication is maintained with all medical colleagues, e.g. anaesthetists, cardiologists, nursing staff and paramedical departments such as physiotherapists, radiographers and ancillary staff, to the benefit of the patient.
- To ensure that specialist registrars and consultants are kept informed regarding alteration in the condition of any of their patients.
- To ensure that all in-patient notes are kept up to date and tidy.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.
Our integrated approach to caring for patients from before birth, through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood and old age has been replicated around the world and has gained Royal Brompton and Harefield an international reputation as a leader in heart and lung diagnosis, treatment and research.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
- To take history, examine and record all findings of all patients admitted under the consultant’s care.
- Carry out and arrange all relevant investigations.
- To see and examine all patients under the care of the consultant concerned, including those in the Intensive Care Unit.
- To assist when required in the operating theatre.
- To attend and assist in out-patient clinics if appropriate.
- To arrange for the transfer of patients to other hospitals or discharge home, including a discharge summary which the patient must take with them.
- During duty weekends and evenings, to be responsible for the care of all cardiothoracic patients on the wards.
- To perform minor surgical procedures such as chest aspiration, insertion of intercostal tubes, etc. if necessary under the supervision of a specialist registrar.
- To cross cover, in conjunction with other ST1/junior clinical fellows, when one ST1/junior clinical fellow is absent or on annual or study leave and with the guidance and supervision of the appropriate specialist registrar, to ensure that the duties and responsibilities of the absent colleague are carried out.
- To keep the specialist registrar and consultant informed of any patient who is giving cause for concern.
- To communicate to patients relatives the progress of that patient.
- To be available for emergency calls to ITU and other parts of the hospital, if required, i.e. for cardiac arrest.
- To participate in research projects which may already be in progress.
- To participate in lecturing to other staff if required, e.g. nurses and physiotherapists.
- To participate in the medical audit programme and update PATS data entry.
- To accept that occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances may occur, and to respond to the needs of the service when they arise.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications and Training:
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practise
Meini prawf dymunol
- Other relevant postgraduate qualifications or equivalent
Clinical Experience:
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Comprehensive clinical experience in relevant placements
- Exposure to acute conditions
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience working in the Cardiac Surgery as an SHO
Knowledge and Skills & Other
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Computer literacy
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management.
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
- Strong organisational skills
- Knowledge of patient safety
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Good time keeping skills.
- A team based approach to care and service management.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively with colleagues; clinical and non-clinical patients and their carers/relatives.
- An understanding of the research process
- Willingness to work flexibly
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Mr Cesare Quarto
- Teitl y swydd
- Consultant in Cardiac Surgery
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
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